Originally Posted by
DougG
Good photos, Mark. My current rack has a solid platform and acts as a decent fender, at least keeping me from getting a muddy stripe up my back like the guys riding with me! Looking at the Sirrus from other aspects, however, I don't think that it would do for my purposes, mainly because I like to have lower gearing for the hilly dirt roads that we have around here.
A lot of riders go with a 38t in the front which gets you 38x42 which is pretty low and more/less matches common 2x setups. Of course, you pay the price in spinning out above 25mph or so, but for a hybrid like the Sirrus, how often are you interested in pedaling a bike above this speed?
1X is not without some gear range and gear step compromises (which get less restrictive with each generation of wider-range rear cassettes), but I'll never buy another new bike - road, gravel, or mountain - with a FD. The simplicity of single-control shifting and not having to deal with the hassles of a FD overwhelm the minor drawbacks to me.
- Mark